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THE LICHEN-FLORA 



S. Rufford. Joyden's Wood, Halstead, Ightham, Hythe, Kent. Mr. Bolma. 

 Park, Cirencester. Mr. W. Joshua. Parksate ! Cheshire ; Nesscliffe Hill ! 

 Haughmond Hill ! High Rock near Bridgnorth ! between Hopton and Great 

 Ness ! Llanf orda ! Downton Castle Woods ! Shropshire. 



Scotland :— Loch Lomond. Rev. J. M. Crombie. Glen Falloch. Dr. HoU. 



Ireland : — Near Cork and Glenstal, co. Tipperary. Mr. Carroll, near Belfast. 

 Mr. Templeton. near Dunkerron. Dr. Taylor. 



Wales:— Garn near Denbigh. Mr. Griffith. (1796.) Drwsynant! Builth! 

 Tremadoc ! 



Channel Islands : — St. Peter's Wood ! Jersey. Mr. Larbalestier. 



"Spores .0025 — .003 in. long, by .0075 in. broad. Spermatia cylindrico- 

 arcuate, more or less attenuated towards the extremities." (Mudd.) "Spores 

 .010—20 long, .035— .045 mm. broad." (Nyl.) "Spores .008— 16 mm. long, 

 .003—4 mm. broad." (T. M. Fries.) Spores .011— .013 mm. long, .003—4 mm. 

 broad. 



254. L. prasiniza, Nyl. dirty-vire&cent, subgranulato-furfura- 

 ceous, scattered, indeterminate ; apothecia livido-fuscous or blackish, 

 minute, innato-sessile ; hypothecium, colourless ; hymenium violaceo- 

 blackish ; paraphyses scarcely distinct, apices colourless ; spores 8, 

 colourless, oblongo-ellipsoid or lineari-oblong, simple, or 1-septate, 

 minute. 



On semiputrid trunks, rare. 



Stn :— Nyl. in Flora 1874. p. 312. 



Geog. Distbib :— Finland. 



Bot. Pbov :— 16. 



Scotland : — Barcaldine ! Lorn, Argyleshire. Rev. J. M. Crombie. 



" Spores .011— .012 mm. long, .004 mm. broad." (Ifyl.) 



255. L. atropvrpurea, Schaer, greenish-grey, granuloso-leprose, 

 effuse, (K — C — ) ; apothecia livido-carneous or livido-rufous, at length 

 fusco^iigricant, (reddish-brown when moist,) minute, scattered, ses- 

 sile, plaue or convex, margin thin, entire, darker than the epithecium ; 

 hypothecium pale, colourless or pale yellowish; excipulum externally 

 fuscous ; paraphyses coherent, apices fuscescent ; spores 8, colour- 

 ess, elliptical or ovate, 1-septate. 



On trees, not common. 



Stn :— Schser. Spicil. 165. (1833.) Enum. 140. Crombie Enum. 64. T. M. 

 Fries L. Scand. 565. Korb. Par. 142. Mudd Man. 178. 



Fig :— Mass. Bic. f. 265. 



Exs :— Hepp. 277. (fide T. M. Fries.) Schaer. 206. (in part). Zw. 343. 371. Am. 

 76. 595. 



Geog. Distbib : — Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Fin- 

 land. 



Bot. Pbov:— 2...7...19...31. 



England : — New Forest. Rev. J. M. Crombie. Hurstpierpoint ! near Tun- 

 bridge Wells 1 Mr. Borrer. 



Ibeland : — Killarney and Glengariff. Adm. Jones. Turk Dinis Island and 

 Cromaglown, Killarney ; Glenbower Wood, Killeagh. Mr. Carroll. 



Wales : — Capel Arthog 1 Gwydir woods ! Bettws-y-coed. 



Channel Islands : — Kozel, Jersey ! Mr. Larbalestier. 



" Spores .010 — 14 mm. long, .005—7 mm, broad. Spermatia short, sub-cylin- 

 drical or slightly incrassate at both ends, straightish or slightly curved." (T. 

 M. Fries.) GeL hym. I blue then deep- vinous-red or brown. Spores .011 — .015 

 mm. long, .005 — .007 mm. broad. The apothecia when moistened become 

 reddish-brown and transparent from the pale hypothecium, with the margin 

 dark-fuscous, thus distinguishing it from L. Laureri, Hepp. 



256. L. atropurpurascens, Nyl. "Somewhat similar to L. 

 atropurpurea, Schaer., but differing amongst other characters in 

 having geL hym. I intensely and persistently bluish." (Nyl.) 



On aged oaks. 1868. 



